5/29...goods from the Leech Pit

[jopher]

Hit the spot on the lake that never stops giving.
Digging barely audible signals in soft sand bottom....targets 12-16" down.
Theres older stuff down there ....just outta range for the Excal.
After 2-1/2 hours of digging and re-filling craters I walked away with a good handful of keepers. Good thing...I was pooped.

Most of the pennies were 60's Mems. A few wheats ...five silver Rosies....one silver Canadian....40 Jefferson....30 Buff.

Misc. Junque

Beautiful day to be out....hope you all had a good one as well.

[Michiganne]

Sweet finds, jopher. Congrats on all the coins. I can only imagine how hard it would be digging underwater. Do you wear a wetsuit? Brrrrr!

HH

[postalgriff]

nice bunch of old water finds jopher....congrats! crazy how those nickels keep their color pretty well, while the silver turns black. Almost the opposite effect that soil would have on them. did you clean those at all or is that how they came out of the water? good hunt!

[Brentallica]

Great water digs!! Gotta get me one of those detectors some day. Congrats!!

[jadeblackhawk]

What's a leech pit? Like full of those slimy bloodsuckers, or where runoff from something goes?

Nice finds, btw!

[jopher]

Sweet finds, jopher. Congrats on all the coins. I can only imagine how hard it would be digging underwater. Do you wear a wetsuit? Brrrrr!

HH

I have a wet suit , but rarely go deep enough to justify wearing it. These finds came from knee deep water. Im most comfortable in waders.

[jopher]

nice bunch of old water finds jopher....congrats! crazy how those nickels keep their color pretty well, while the silver turns black. Almost the opposite effect that soil would have on them. did you clean those at all or is that how they came out of the water? good hunt!

As you pointed out , only the silver seems to suffer , ranging from tarnish to that heavy black crust. These are uncleaned...straight from the scoop.

[jopher]

Great water digs!! Gotta get me one of those detectors some day. Congrats!!

A land detector works fine in shallow water spots like this....just have to tether it up to insure you dont get the box wet.

[jopher]

What's a leech pit? Like full of those slimy bloodsuckers, or where runoff from something goes?

Nice finds, btw!

Not as bad as it sounds. It is an area of a nice lake where a creek dumps in.
A slow moving body in the water for a couple hours will pick up some "hitchhikers" on bare skin.....I just wear my waders.

[Mike from MI]

Them are good digs in my book!!

[fistfulladirt]

Leeches don't bother me, they're harmless. I give you credit for those water finds, awesome! I've water hunted twice, that dfx coil just wanted to float. The coil I have now should work, weighs like a ton o bricks. ffd

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